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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 12, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 701 Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 76 no. 219 Price Loc thursday june 12, 1969 Sunrise . Moonrise . Sunset . Moonset . Forecast very and 50 Russia tests Egypt Gromyko takes new proposal to Nasser by Robert Estabrook United nations special tons soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko is in Egypt to test president Nasser s reaction to a new six Point Middle East proposal by the United states a Western source said wednesday. The . Plan presented to soviet ambassador Anatoly f. Dobrynin in Washington several weeks ago by assistant Secre tary of state Joseph j. Sisco is said to Deal with israeli withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula to secure and agreed Borders but to offer no map. It is understood to be closely related to two Points tentatively agreed by or. Sisco and or. Dobrynin on the need for a package settlement in the Middle East and for terms that would be binding on both sides. These two Points also figure in the Gromyko Cairo talks the Western source said. Or. Dobrynin is reported not to have Given a formal reply to the six . Points however. He saw or. Sisco again on monday following the letter s return from a trip to Iran with Secretary of state Rogers. The . Is said to attach please see Gromyko Page 12 puts to strike if. Pilots of Northwest Orient airlines have set a deadline of Midnight thursday for a strike that would halt the airline s service Between Winnipeg. The United states. A spokesman for the airline in Minneapolis said thursday morning that negotiations be tween management and the pilots were in Progress. The american airline pilots association represents about pilots who would be affected by a strike. Hector Morrow Winnipeg Sta Tion manager for Northwest Orient said that if the strike did come off the airline s customers would be re routed on Canadian airlines. Spokesmen for the two regional carriers trans air Ltd. And Northwest airlines said they have had no request from the air transport committee of please see pilots Page 16 on Cost sharing Quebec s Premier Jean Jacques Bertram appears to be laying Down the Law. To prime minister Trudeau As provincial premiers prepared to Start the afternoon session of the constitutional conference in Ottawa wednesday. Interest rates soar f stocks plunge Toronto Exchange records biggest daily drop Ever Ottawa up finance minister Edgar Benson de fended the actions of the chartered Banks wednesday in in policeman general cautions allies by l Ondon staff the supreme commander of nato forces in Europe stated wednesday that greater emphasis would have to be Laid on nuclear defence systems the weaker nato s non nuclear defence in Europe became. General Lyman Lemnitzer making a final appearance before the press prior to stepping Down from his com Mand avoided intervening directly in the controversy which has followed the announcement of phased reductions in Canada s nato commitment. Or. Trudeau has challenged British and american claims that the Canadian proposals submitted to the recent nato planning meeting in Brussels could Cre ate a need for earlier use of nuclear weapons in Case of War. Gen. Lemnitzer left no doubt however about his Altitude to the Central Issue. Asked his View of n a t o s recently adopted guidelines for the use of Battlefield nuclear weapons he noted that there would be no see Lemnitzer Page 15 Toronto up prices continued Down on the Toronto Montreal and new York Stock exchanges today in the Wake of Canadian Bank rate increases wednesday. At new York where opening Trade was Light declines out numbered advances slightly. Prices were Down fractionally at Montreal in heavy trading. Montreal industrials reached their lowest level in two months j wednesday after seven of Canada s nine chartered Banks raised their prime lending rates to eight per cent and the Toron to Dominion Bank increased its to out per cent. At Toronto where about was shaved from Stock prices wednesday in the sharpest one Day drop i n history for Industrial issues the Market appeared to be settling in moderate Trade. The Industrial Index dropped another .76 Points in the first half hour to 184.59, but Western oils Rose on reports of promis ing Oil indications on Melville Island. R. N. Steiner chairman of the tse and other financial experts said wednesday they thought the Market drop in the j Wake of the interest rate Rise j would be temporary. The trend to higher interest rates was deplorable but Nec or. Steiner said. Some analysts estimated to i onto stocks dropped by More than in face value every minute in wednesday s Trade. Today was the ninth consecutive decline at Toronto with the Industrial Index falling a total of 12.64 Points wiping about off the face value of stocks. Please see stocks Page 16 Benson defends rate increases jewel Hunt switches to car Berry dog used after 3 men charged with having burglary tools by Neil Louttit a police dog is being used today by ramp As they comb an area five Miles East of Here searching for jewelry stolen from Henry Birks and sons Ltd., Winnipeg during the weekend. Police have appealed to the Public not to go sightseeing in the area because this would Only break up tracks their task More difficult if there is Ottawa offers premiers Deal Federal formula designed to give provinces veto right on programs by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff the Federal government has offered the provinces a plan that would permit them to veto future shared Cost programs. Provincial premiers had a Chance to study the formula wednesday night before returning to their closed door talks Here today. Powers Issue splits premiers the formula would Divide Canada into four areas along the same geographical divisions that were created when senator Ial representation was allocated under the Constitution. The four regions would consist j of the West including the three Prairie provinces and British Columbia. The Mari Wirries incorporating the four Atlantic provinces. Ontario. Quebec. Under the scheme As sex j planned by informed sources if a shared Cost program was put Forward it would not be Intro Ottawa up sources said today the Federal Provin Cial constitutional conference originally scheduled to wind up Friday probably would conclude this evening. Diced into a Region unless there was a majority of the govern ments in favor. For example in the Western Region if two provinces favored it and two were opposed it would not be introduced in that Region. Please see Ottawa Page 15 Ottawa up deep Divi Sions persist among provincial premiers As they resume secret debate today about limiting fed eral Powers in a new Constitution. But signs Are that argument is civil. Prime minister Trudeau budging just slightly from his own Rule of Adamant non Public Ity at the three Day Constitution Al conceded wednesday there was a great Deal of discussion on. The first Day about restricting Federal spending Powers. Asked by reporters if there had been any sign of1 agree ment he replied i would Only go this far there is greater understanding than certainly there was before i of limiting spending but not jailed a sergeant with the Canadian National railways police was Given a one year suspended sentence and ordered to pay court costs after he pleaded guilty in Winnipeg magistrate s court thursday to being in Possession of goods stolen from the railway. Hilton Jaques 44, of 382 Albany Street St. James Assiniboia was sentenced by Magis trate Mike Baryluk. The court was told by Crown counsel Hymie Weinstein that please see sex sgt s Page 15 creasing their Bank loan inter est rates and praised one of them for also increasing the in Terest it pays to depositors. Or. Benson who said tues Day that higher interest rates in Canada were inevitable was peppered with opposition questions in the commons. Nip Leader t. C. Douglas proposed setting up a new regulatory body to govern Bank interest rates. The finance minister said he will consider the proposal As he docs All such proposals from the opposition but it was essential for the Banks to charge higher interest on Loans to protect can Ada s foreign Exchange position. The Bank of Canada tuesday night raised the rate at which it makes Short term Cash advances to the chartered Banks to 7% per cent from seven. This followed monday s announcement by major new York Banks later followed by other american Banks raising the rate on Loans to their Best customers to 8va per cent from Canadian rates cannot be kept below . Rates without an of please see Benson Page 12 any stolen jewelry there. Police said thursday in Cash was taken from Birks in addition to an estimated to in jewels and jewel medicare fee revision pledged by Derik Hodgson by the search came after the arrest of three men Early wednesday in a Brandon hotel. The three All from minnea Polis have been charged with Possession of burglary tools. They have been remanded until Friday. Please see searchers Page 16 gardens Row erupts in Ronn israeli it s and nip tuck the principles on which a fair tax system is Macgregor Man. In an interview later or. A Liberal government in Mani Toba would abolish the Flat Premium rate for medicare Liberal Leader r. W. Bobby Bend said Here wednesday night. Speaking in the Macgregor Hall on behalf of Gordon John please see pages 10, 24 and 28 for More provincial election coverage. Ston. Liberal candidate for the j Bend said his party would work towards a system of premiums based on ability to pay. The government has refused to accept the fact that across the Board premiums work a another conference source said divisions Between Rich and poor provinces sharpened As talk got into detail about How please see premiers Page 9 Battle brewing Thatcher Ottawa up Saskatchewan Premier Boss Thatcher predicted a possible major confrontation thursday As the Federal provincial constitutional conference began discussion of regional disparities. Or. Thatcher told reporters he understands that 90 per cent of Federal funds intended for regional development have been designated for the area East of trois rivieras que. If that is so there will be a major confrontation with the he said. The formula apparently de considerable hardship on pensioners and other persons on Low and fixed or. Bend suggested that he personally favored a Premium setup similar to the British j Columbia plan. In British Columbia persons Portage la Prairie with no taxable income pay Only or. Bend told about 50 people 10 per cent of the regular that if he was put into Power premiums and those with Taxa you have my commitment that ble incomes below pay 50 Vised monday is one which Western governments cannot and will not please see Battle Page 16 by Joe Alex Morris Bonn Public scandal erupted in West Germany wednesday Over an incident at Frank Furt University where Isra Eli ambassador Asher Ben Natan was shouted Down by left Wing and Arab students. The incident which took place monday was denounced As a throwback to the persecution of jews in nazi times. Embarrassed apologies flowed into the israeli embassy Here from political and student representatives. It is a grave situation when anti semitic remarks Are made by supposedly progressive groups at a German said minister of scientific re search Gerhard Stoltenberg. The incident occurred when or. Ben Natan who i ought anti semitic gangs As a youth in Vienna arrived at the University to speak on Israel and zionism. Looking for a racing cart and harness this want and under live Stock 22 Welsh size racing cart and new harness Phore 832 2056 or 837-5017. Is among the hundreds of bar gains in today s classified Section. No Mallei what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Several Hundred left Wing students abetted by an estimated 100-150 arabs shouted him Down with cries such As nazi Kiesinger and Ben Natan in a clique with they carried signs Reading Down with the occupation of Arab zionists get out of and jews and arabs against Zion the demonstration led to fighting and the microphone wires were Cut. When Ben Natan attempted to speak he was drowned out with cries of fascists get the demonstration was led by Karl Dietrich Wolff a former chairman of the please Sec israeli Page 12 listen to this five inches of Snow in Thompson Man., and still coming Down this morning 21 above in Edmonton and traces of Snow in. Southern Manitoba. All that happened last night a june night on the Prairies. In Manitoba record lows were set in Rivers with 29 degrees and in Pilot Mound with 30. In greater Winnipeg the Mercury hit 31.8 just eight tenths of a degree above the record Low set Here in 1947. In the Winnipeg area occasional showers or Snow flurries Are being forecast ice both today and to Morrow. Please see Garden Page 16 the system of medicare financing would be he said the government s Choice of financing for the medicare plan Flat Premium rate for everybody was the worst possible this is not Only wrong it is unfair and it runs contrary to per cent of the regular premiums it is difficult to understand Why the Weir government re fused to recognize ability to pay in medicare when our hospitalization plan includes this Fea please see medicare Page 15 Schreyer wants an open govt. Funeral monday for John Sifton funeral service will be held ser Sifton president of the Winnipeg free press and of up publications Ltd. Or. Sifton 43, died tuesday in a los Angeles Hospital. Burial will he at Chapel Lawn memorial gardens. The family has requested donations to the Manitoba cancer research foundation in lieu of Flowers. By Mac Keillor de Schreyer wants an open government the participatory democracy everyone talks and he spelled out in detail wednesday some of the avenues he would take to bring it about. 184 enter race the three major parties have fielded candidates in All 57 constituencies for the june 25 Mani election. These include changes in the role and of legislative government committees information see list of candidates on Page 24. In addition to the progressive conservatives liberals and new democrats six social creditors five independents and two communists had officially please see 184 Page 12 services the establishment of a new Post of auditor general and the introduction of ombudsman service with regional action centres to receive and dispense information and to hear grievances. Or. Schreyer now Leader of the new democratic party in Manitoba called a. Press Confer ence at the Union Centre to explain his ideas. We d want to beef up the Quality of the legislative Branch specifically the legislative committees. The use of committees in Manitoba is often ineffective and sometimes use he said. His party would greatly enlarge the role of committees of enquiry to study All aspects of proposed major government programs. The study results would be Public through direct reports to the legislature. So instead of spending Money on Hoyal commissions we could use the committees try enquiry. The Money we could save by not having to hire new please see Schreyer Page 15 car pact details bared by Victor Mackie Ottawa staff Ford motor co. Of Canada Ltd. Received the million forgiveness in customs duties owed the Canadian government under the .-Canada Auto pact it was Learned thursday. A r. Long assistant auditor general disclosed the names o 14 companies involved in the million write off at this week s second hearing of the commons Public accounts committee. The disclosure followed a vote which saw Liberal maps Side with opposition demands Fri details. Tuesday government members had United to Block an nip motion on the same Issue. Or. Long named names Foi the maps after the vote please see car pact Page 16 today canadians lowly Hawks favorite draft tarts 59 today s Index classified 40 to 56 comics .29. 30 deaths 12 finance 31 to 33 Jumble .42 movies .35 sports.38, 55, 57 to 69 television .34 women 19 to 22 City zone total Hearly everyone reads the free press ;